A sweet deal with a diesel distributor has the Hillsborough County school district flush with fuel when other districts around the state are canceling field trips and after-hours buses for students. ...more

September 17, 2008

The School Board of Highlands County approved a slight increase in the ad valorum tax rate and approved its 2008-09 budget. ...more

September 12, 2008

Back in 2000, Charlie Crist and George Sheldon slugged it out in a race for Florida's education commissioner. But both men being the type to let bygones be bygones, Sheldon now serves as the governor's interim secretary for the Department of Children and Families. ...more

August 23, 2008

Florida posted a slightly lower score than last year to continue a steady decline on the ACT college entrance test while remaining mired in 48th place nationally, according to 2008 results released early Wednesday. ...more

August 13, 2008

ATLANTA - A federal appeals court on Wednesday invalidated part of a Florida law requiring public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the panel declined to rule on whether the rest of the statute is constitutional. ...more

July 24, 2008

A federal appeals court on Wednesday invalidated part of a Florida law requiring public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the panel declined to rule on whether the rest of the statute is constitutional. ...more

July 24, 2008

A day after receiving official notification from the state warning of an anticipated $3.3 million revenue cut for local schools, the district's leaders aren't happy. ...more

June 27, 2008

STATE EXPECTED TO REDUCE REVENUE ADDITIONAL $3.3 MILLION ...more

June 26, 2008

The rumored "2 percent reduction" may come in the form of a $3.3 million cut for local schools. ...more

June 26, 2008

The rumored "2 percent reduction" may come in the form of a $3.3 million cut for local schools. ...more

June 25, 2008